Upcycled Pizza Box into Mixed Media Canvas

Hello friends ! Becoz my sons’ summer holidays as well as the holy month of Ramadhan begins by the end of this month, my posts might be far and few in between from now on.

Today I am sharing with you a mixed media project. I love mixed media (mm) becoz it allows me to experiment without any inhibitions and rules ! I explore with colors, textures and patterns and somehow, it just ties in together.

I, rarely work on a canvas for any of my mm projects ~ being an eco-friendly person, there is always, some effort placed on upcycling or repurposing objects (which can be). Here I have upcycled a pizza box for the mm canvas. I use the back of a pizza box and I love the texture it gives. Two coats of gesso to begin with, and the texture is just so good.

Techniques used are :-

Sponging acrylics

Decoupage

Paper piecing

Recycled Pizza box

The quote is dear to my heart. Coz any place in the world is acceptable and bearable, just so long as I am with my husband. ‘He’ is the best gift Allah swt blessed me with.

Great protect. Love the all the colours and shapes. Your little houses look so cute! And using a pizza box for a canvas is such a good idea. Thank you for sharing with us at That Craft Place. Cheers, Aurora

This is such a wonderfully whimsical piece! The colors are gorgeous, the inking is just beautiful and I love all those fun little homes lined up all cattywhompus! It’s beautiful! Thanks for playing along with us at Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge #10!

This is so pretty! I love the colors and especially that quote. Feel the same way about my husband and my boys. Thank you so much for sharing with Inspire Me Wednesday. Featuring you in next week’s issue.

Nice to meet you, I come from the Linky Party of Alex.
I love paper crafting but it’s no so easy for me, I paint china and I love digital painting.
Your recycled creation is very beautiful, I’d never thought about this.
Ciao
Norma

Hi Christy. Thank you for visiting me and your lovely comment. Every project I create has to have some element of upcycling / repurposing / recycling !! I am rather eccentric in that sense. I almost feel a necessity to dress up something old or worn out ~ or give a coat of paint life to mundane objects !! But I find that very gratifying !! I told you ~ rather eccentric !!

Naush you are absolutely brilliant. I cannot wait to do this with my kids this summer. Such a great idea. I would love it if you would share this fab post at our WIW linky party. I hope you can join us!

This is a lovely piece of artwork Naush but I am afraid it’s not eligible for our How Does Your Garden Grow theme as like most challenges we do not accept backlinked entries at Allsorts (i.e those posted before the start date of the challenge).

Naush Samama

Welcome to my blog

So glad your here. My name is Naush & this is where I showcase my creative chaos

I am an eco-friendly visual artist and upcycle crafter, better known for the use of unconventional materials in my artwork, including the use of wire, wood, cardboard, cement, fabric, plastic and paper. I live in Dubai with my husband, three teenage sons and nine cats, all of whom will vouch for my messy craft room and nocturnal life. I thrive on coffee and crafts and I am a self-confessed borderline craft-supplies-hoarder who believes that a little creativity with some paint and a glue gun can do wonders with any mundane object.